History Film / CatchThatKid

'''''Catch That Kid'''' (released as '''''Mission Without Permission''''' in the UK) is an action-comedy family film released by 20th Century Fox in 2004. It's a remake of the Danish film ''Klatretøsen''.

''Catch That Kid'' is an action-comedy family film released by 20th Century Fox in 2004. It's a remake of the Danish film ''Klatretøsen''.

The father of 12-year-old Madeline "Maddy" Phillips (Creator/KristenStewart) has been paralyzed from the waist down due to old injuries sustained from a climbing accident; while an experimental treatment is available, insurance won't cover it and her family doesn't have the $250,000 needed for the operation. Maddy decides that the only logical course of action is to rob a bank, and she recruits her friends Austin (Creator/CorbinBleu) and Gus (Creator/MaxThieriot) to help her. Complicating matters, however, is that their bank of choice has a security system designed by Maddy's mom (Jennifer Beals).

--> ''(After getting fed up with the bank manager)'' "[[ShoutOut Are you]] [[Film/TaxiDriver talking to me?!]] Are you ''talking'' to me? There's nobody else here, so '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU MUST! BE TALKING! TO ME!!]]'''
* ChekhovsLecture: Maddy's mother tells her she thinks about her all the time. [[spoiler:This makes Maddy realize her name is the final password]].

* FriendsTurnedRomanticRivals: Gus, Austin, and Maddy are all friends and both Gus and Austin have feelings for Maddy. She plays on this, giving them each half a locket and telling them that she has the other half, in order to get them to help her with the robbery. In the end they find out and ask her who the better boyfriend is: [[spoiler: she runs away before choosing.]]

* LoveTriangle: Both Gus and and Austin have feelings for Maddy. She plays on this, giving them each half a locket and telling them that she has the other half, in order to get them to help her with the robbery. In the end they find out and ask her who the better boyfriend is. [[spoiler: Maddie runs off [[TakeAThirdOption without choosing either.]]]]
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The security password used for Maddy's mother's security system is [[spoiler: Madeline, her full first name]]. The bank owner uses "[[Creator/RobertDeNiro DeNiro]]" as his personal master password (oddly enough, the former application of the trope manages to subvert the kids' belief that the "[=DeNiro=]" password alone would grant them total access to the loot).

The father of 12-year-old Madeline "Maddy" Phillips (Creator/KristenStewart) has been paralyzed from the waist down due to old injuries sustained from a climbing accident; while an experimental treatment is available, insurance won't cover it and her family doesn't have the $250,000 needed for the operation. Maddy decides that the only logical course of action is to rob a bank, and she recruits her friends Austin (Creator/CorbinBleu) and Gus (Max Thieriot) to help her. Complicating matters, however, is that their bank of choice has a security system designed by Maddy's mom (Jennifer Beals).

The father of 12-year-old Madeline "Maddy" Phillips (Creator/KristenStewart) has been paralyzed from the waist down due to old injuries sustained from a climbing accident; while an experimental treatment is available, insurance won't cover it and her family doesn't have the $250,000 needed for the operation. Maddy decides that the only logical course of action is to rob a bank, and she recruits her friends Austin (Corbin Bleu) and Gus (Max Thieriot) to help her. Complicating matters, however, is that their bank of choice has a security system designed by Maddy's mom (Jennifer Beals).

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The father of 12-year-old Madeline "Maddy" Phillips (Creator/KristenStewart) has been paralyzed from the waist down due to old injuries sustained from a climbing accident; while an experimental treatment is available, insurance won't cover it and her family doesn't have the $250,000 needed for the operation. Maddy decides that the only logical course of action is to rob a bank, and she recruits her friends Austin (Corbin Bleu) and Gus (Max Thieriot) to help her. Complicating matters, however, is that their bank of choice has a security system designed by Maddy's mom (Creator/JenniferBeals).

''Catch That Kid'' is a 2004 kid's heist movie, distributed by 20th Century Fox. It features 12-year-old Maddy (Creator/KristenStewart) and her two friends, Austin and Gus, robbing a high-security bank vault in order to obtain the money for a surgery her father needs. The twist? Maddy's mother designed the security systems.

* ChekhovsLecture: Maddy's mother tells her she thinks about her all the time. This makes Maddy realize her name is the final password.

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The security password used for her mother's security system is Madeline, Maddy's full first name. The bank owner uses "[[Creator/RobertDeNiro DeNiro]]" as his personal master password (oddly enough, the former application of the trope manages to subvert the kids' belief that the "[=DeNiro=]" password alone would grant them total access to the loot).

* ChildProdigy: Gus the hacker, and Austin the mechanic.

* GadgeteerGenius: Austin, rigging his go-karts with caltrops, turbo boosters, and more.

* LoveTriangle: Both Gus and and Austin have feelings for Maddie. She plays on this, giving them each half a locket and telling them that she has the other half, in order to get them to help her with the robbery. In the end they find out and ask her who the better boyfriend is. [[spoiler: Maddie runs off [[TakeAThirdOption without choosing either.]]]]

* DumpThemAll: Maddy rejects both love interests by the end of the movie.

* HeroAntagonist: Anyone out to stop Maddy, Austin and Gus to pull off their heist.

* ChekhovsHobby: The bank owner is a big fan of Creator/RobertDeNiro. This not only provides the kids [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish with a clue about what the master security password is]], but also provides the owner with a particular BadassBoast to belt out at the finale:
---> '''After getting fed up with the bank manager''': "[[ShoutOut Are you]] [[TaxiDriver talking to me?!]] Are you ''talking'' to me? There's nobody else here, so '''[[ThisIsSparta YOU MUST! BE TALKING! TO ME!!]]'''
* ChildProdigy / [[TeenGenius Preteen Genius]]: Gus the hacker, and Austin the mechanic.

---> '''After getting fed up with the bank manager''': "[[ShoutOut Are you]] [[TaxiDriver talking to me?!]] Are you ''talking'' to me? There's nobody else here, so '''[[[ThisIsSparta YOU MUST! BE TALKING! TO ME!!]]'''

* ChekhovsHobby: The bank owner is a big fan of Creator/RobertDeNiro. This not only provides the kids [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish with a clue about what the master security password is]], but also provides the owner with a particular BadassBoast to belt out at the finale.

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-->'''Gus''': [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere This whole bank idea sucks.]]

--'''>Gus''': [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere This whole bank idea sucks.]]

[[AC:Gus: [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere This whole bank idea sucks.]]]]

''Catch That Kid'' is a 2004 kids' movie, distributed by 20th Century Fox. It features 12-year-old Maddy (Creator/KristenStewart) and her two friends, Austin and Gus, robbing a high-security bank vault in order to obtain the money for a surgery her father needs. The twist? Maddy's mother designed the security systems.

* ChekhovsHobby: The bank owner is a big fan of Creator/RobertDeNiro. This not only provides the kids [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish with a clue about what the master security password is]], but also provides the manager with a particular BadassBoast to belt out at the finale.

* ChekhovsHobby: The bank manager is a big fan of Creator/RobertDeNiro. This not only provides the kids [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish with a clue about what the master security password is]], but also provides the manager with a particular BadassBoast to belt out at the finale.

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The security password used for her mother's security system is Madeline, Maddy's full first name. The bank manager uses "[[Creator/RobertDeNiro DeNiro]]" as his personal master password (oddly enough, subverting the kids' belief that the "[=DeNiro=]" password alone would grant them total access to the loot).

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The security password used for her mother's security system is Madeline, Maddy's full first name.

''Catch That Kid'' features 12-year-old [[Creator/KristenStewart Maddy]] and her two friends, Austin and Gus, robbing a high-security bank vault in order to obtain the money for a surgery her father needs. The twist? Maddy's mother designed the security systems.